Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange, Charm

Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange, CharmRelease Date: 24 April 2020 Cobalt Duo are pianists Kate Halsall and Fumiko Miyachi. Since their debut performance at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2014 they have championed new music by a diverse selection of composers from across the UK, including many pieces by Miyachi herself. They were featured artists on Catalogue dEmojis, a multi layered concert event released by Birmingham Record Company in 2019 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3s New

Release Date: 7 January 2003

British Composer Award-winning Seven States of Rain

and at Landsdowne Studios

are fascinating' The Sunday Times

This collection of Stephen Montague's music for piano explores his roots in the Southern USA - including spirituals such as Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - and the legacy of American experimental composers such as Charles Ives and John Cage with wit and energy

'The magnificent Mitchell

Barry Tuckwell horn

" The Guardian

narrators and ensemble to recreate the tale of the explorer's epic journey across Australia

'This disc is a timely reminder of Anthony Payne's strengths as a composer

it brings home how little of Simon Bainbridge's music — always finely made

and it demands a similar range of responses from its listeners